emotiveness

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noun

The condition of being emotive

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Meanings

nounemotiveness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe condition of being emotive

    This happened a lot, beginning with a lounge-ready take on “It Might as Well Be Spring” and ending with a travesty of R&B emotiveness on Percy Mayfield’s “Please Send Me Someone to Love.”

    2009 July 1, Nate Chinen, “1 Charmer, 5 Albums, and Still a Teenager”, in New York Times

Origin

From emotive + -ness.

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APA

emotiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotiveness

MLA

“emotiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotiveness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emotiveness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotiveness.

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